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Sprunghub:
The replacement tank for my F1 is all painted up ready for the application of the lines.  I've bought the blue vinyl lining from Sunrise Graphics.  I'm sure it's the 'northern' sense of humour, but I love the way my precious delivery came with an A3 sized slip saying it's nigh on impossible for a DIY'er to do !!  Pity I didn't know that before I outlayed the dosh !  Given that little bombshell, it would definately have been cheaper to have had it done commercially - especially if I cock it up !

I have measured the 'lines' across the widest part & they're about 19 & 1/2" wide. My reference for applying them are some 1976 "Motor Cycle" Mag's which have loads of large, colour Promo pics of the F1's when they came to the market.....but.....if anyone out there has an original tank, I'd be really grateful for an indication of the height of the straight, bottom line above the lower edge of the tank.....I appreciate it's "stepped"......but anything would help......& an idea of the distance of the rear blue corner, from the back of the tank, so I can try & mark up the points with masking tape.   A measurement from the front edge of the tank to the front 'blue' corner may be useful, but the big 'curve' will probably make that difficult to measure & mark up.

Tears before bed-time I reckon.............ham-fisted isn't in it !!! ::).....good job you can't see both sides at once :-[

Spitfire:
Got my original (red) tank from my 76 F1 up in the loft (see below), if you still want measurements I'll have a crawl around up there for you, let me know.


Cheers

Den

Sprunghub:
To be honest - if it's not too much trouble....it would be a great help.

My previous experience is with old Brits & Nortons in particular.  Everyone, being done by hand was unique....sometimes, radically so !!

Looking at yours.....& others, & the original 1976 photos'......I'm not convinced all the Honda 'factory' ones were identical either ?  Certainly the heavy 'blue' lines look broader on some & the distance between the 'badge' & the vertical seem to differ to.

Not that I'm 'anal'.......! :P

Spitfire:
I was quite surprise at how rough the finish was on the original tank when I restored the bike, didn't really notice it when I bought it new, just shows how standards are higher now (or my expectations) . Will pop into the loft now and do some measuring.

Cheers

Den

Spitfire:
OK, I measured at various points on the tank and to make it clearer marked what I had measured with tape.
Here's where I measured:

Top of the tank 8.3 cm, measured from the bolt location of the filler flap.

Bottom of tank, front 2.5 cm and rear 1.5 cm.


Front of tank, 9.3 cm, note not including seam (same as rear of tank)

And lastly tank rear, 1.6 cm, this is where the join is.


Cheers

Den

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